Proficiency vs Spells

[Wind Chime]

Would you trade your 4 spells per day for wizard level caster proficiency on your cantrips and offensive focus spells ?

Would you be happy with a magus who mainly spellstriked with cantrips apart from 1 to 3 times per encounter where he spell strikes with focus spells ?

Would you like focus spells that mimicked the old magus calling card spells for example shocking grasp, frostbite etc ?

[Ressy]

I'd be good with that, but I'd suggest changing the basic focus spell to the following:

(1-3 actions)
The Magus casts a spell out of their spellbook. This action takes the same number of actions the spell normally would. The spell loses the [manipulate] trait. This spell is heightened to the level of the focus spell.

Maybe add some restrictions on what type of spell (attack only), or bonuses, or restrictions on when the focus spell is cast (only after a successful attack).

[Kuroko-chan]

Wind Chime wrote:

Would you trade your 4 spells per day for wizard level caster proficiency on your cantrips and offensive focus spells ?

Yes. I'm honestly shocked Magus playtest didn't have any offensive focus spells in the first place.

Wind Chime wrote:

Would you be happy with a magus who mainly spellstriked with cantrips apart from 1 to 3 times per encounter where he spell strikes with focus spells ?

I'd like to see more striking spell reworked in general (getting rid of critfishing for stability is a big one), but having full caster progression would make it more satisfying.

Wind Chime wrote:

Would you like focus spells that mimicked the old magus calling card spells shocking strike, frostbite etc ?

Offensive focus spells would be great in general. I like Ressy's idea for incorporating a spellbook into focus spells. That might make it a weird pseudo-spontaneous with an enormous spell list, though I do like the idea a lot.